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A savvy way to generate huge profits, a joint venture is a separate entity. It comes in to being when several or two different businesses join hands for mutual profit. All the companies involved share control over the venture, and all matters to with it. But their unrelated business activities remain unaffected and carry on like they did before it existed. The strategy behind a joint venture is that it should be an alliance between businesses with complementary capabilities. Capabilities are factors such as finance, technology, distribution and personnel. Your company may have great distribution channels but lacks the finance. You should enter into a joint venture with a business that has the financial capability but has poor distribution. The idea behind joint ventures is mutual benefit. Everyone involved should walk away with something desirable. However, a joint venture can quickly go sour if the companies have different ideas. So, before forming a joint venture, there are a few things that you should hammer out before the papers are signed. Know Who Your Business Associates Are It is always better to check the credentials of any business associate you're dealing with. And this is all the more true with joint ventures, it puts your reputation on the line. Their public image and reputation will reflect on you, as their associate in business. So do cross-check their credentials with other people and companies. And establish beyond doubt that there is a strong foundation for trust. This will allow you to assess whether the company can and will be able to follow through on its commitments to the venture. Build a Business Plan All parties involved should take part in developing a business plan for the joint venture. The plan should be developed using a short list of prospective partners. It should also clearly define the goals of the venture, and how success will be defined. The plan should also contain a mutually agreeable exit strategy and terms of the joint venture's dissolution. Provisos for an unexpected dissolution before the term is up should also be included. Registering the company You can register a joint venture as a Limited Liability Company or as other business entities. A popular way that is gaining with rapidly expanding businesses is to form corporate partnerships. You can always look into what will work best for you. Establish Resource and Property Inputs It is important to explicitly understand exactly what resources and property (appreciated or depreciated) are available from each member of the joint venture. Which resources will each company make available? Is there a specific use of one party's property? Proper understanding of availabilities will forestall a weakening of the economics of the deal later on down the road. Special Allocations If you need to make special allocations such as special gain or loss, income and deductions, they should be identified in advance and provisions made. For example, in case of a loss situation, some of it will have to be divided amongst the partners. If a partner will be providing his expertise or any specific services, his compensation must be worked out beforehand. If you can't reach an understanding with your partner on the above issues, then perhaps you had better look elsewhere. However, if you see eye to eye with your partner on all issues, your joint venture is likely to flourish and pay handsome dividends.
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